The Melbourne International Jazz Festival together with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra present a spectacular international collaboration to open the 2021 Festival.

In a joyful celebration of the MIJF's return to the Hamer Hall stage, this performance features arrangements by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's Christopher Crenshaw (USA) and Melbourne's own Vanessa Perica.

The stellar musicians of the MSO will be joined on stage by the Vanessa Perica Orchestra and an all-star lineup of Australian vocalists including Kate Ceberano, Vince Jones, Michelle Nicolle, Harry James Angus, Kylie Auldist, Thando and Emma Donovan with MC Eddie Perfect.

Join us for an evening of jazz standards, laughs and orchestral brilliance.